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Deleted the comment here about "capitol." It was just false. The capital of England is London. The U.S. Congress meets in the Capitol, which is a building located in the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C. The Alaskan state assembly meets at the Alaskan capitol, which is located in Juneau, the capital of Alaska.
- http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=capitol
- http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=capital
By the way, one of the things that Wikipedia is not is a style guide... --LMS
I seem to recall countries with joint capitals. Anyone know if this actually happens?
Yes, South Africa -- the judicial, executive and legislative branches of government are located in different cities.
Also, although it isn't a country, a similar thing can be observed with the European Union: the executive branch meets in Brussels, the legislative branch is split between Brussels and Strasbourg, and the judicial branch is in Luxembourg. -- Simon J Kissane
I am very tempted to rearrange these entries in chronological order - i.e., reversed: architecture (securely attested by 30 B.C.E.), political (I'm not sure), then economic (please!).